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Halifax (N.S.). City Home records
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102-33 (Formerly RG 35-102-33A-C)
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1802-1811, 1838-1965 (Creation)
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2.5 m of textual records
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Custodial history
Series transferred from NSARM to HRM in 2004 and accecssioned by the HRM Archives in 2005. Three additional registers (1941-1965) were donated by the Medical History Society of Nova Scotia in 2016.
Scope and content
Fonds consists of records created by the Halifax Poor Asylum and the Halifax City Home including account books and records of residents admitted and discharged. A small portion of the series was created by the boards charged with managing the asylum and city home.
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Associated materials
The Henry S. Colwell fonds (see reference code CR-13) also contains correspondence on the City Home (primarily on the proposed extension).